Fence-building machine



(No Model.)

0; NEATE. FENGE BUILDING MACHINE.

' No. 528,303. I Patented Oct. 30,1894.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES NEATE, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.

FENCE-BUILDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,303, dated October30, 1894.

Application filed August 23, 1894- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES NEATE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Upper Sandusky, in the cou nt-y of Wyandot and State ofOhio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FenceMachines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of wire and picketfence building machines which comprise rotary twister spools havingperipheral gear teeth and arotary shaft having a series of gears meshingwith the teeth of the spools; and it has for .its general object toprovide such a wire and proved machine in an operative position withparts partially broken away. Fig. 2, is an enlarged, transverse sectiontaken in the plane indicated by the line 0csc, of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 isa similar view taken in the plane indicated by the dotted line yy, ofFig. 1.

Referring by letter to said drawings: A, indicates the main frame of myimproved machine. This frame A, is preferably constructed of wood and itcomprises the uprights B, which are provided at intervals in theirlength with aligned apertures 12, to receive the truunions c, of thetwister spools O, and the three (more or less) blocks D, which areinterposed between and connected by bolts k, or the like with theuprights and which are extended on one side of said uprights as shown atd, in Fig. 1, for a purpose presently to be described. The twisterspools C, are journaled in the uprights B, as better shown in Fig. 2,and they are provided with the usual passages e, for the fence wires andSerial No. 521,072- (No model.)

with the peripheral gear-teeth j, which rest between the uprights asillustrated.

E, indicates a vertical shaft which is stepped at its lower end in theextended portion cl, of the lowermost block D, and is journaled in theextended portion of the other blocks, and F, indicates a series of four(more or less) worm screws which are fixed upon or formed integral withthe shaft E, and are designed to engage the gear teeth f, of the twisterspools 0; while F, indicates a worm screw which is similar to the screwsF, and is designed to be engaged by the pinion G, on the crank shaft H.This shaft H, is journaled in suitable bearings g, connected to andextending laterally from one of the uprights of the frame; and when saidshaft is rotated through the medium of its crank handle h, it will beseen that the twister spools 0, will also be rotated through the mediumof the pinion G, the worm screw F, the shaft E, the worm screws F, andthe gear teeth f.

In using my improved machine the pairs of fence wires 7;, are passedthrough the passages e, of the twister spools as shown in Fig. 1, andare twisted through the medium of said spools on opposite sides of. thepickets in the ordinary manner.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that myimproved machineis'very compact and will therefore take up but a minimum amount of spacein storage: and it will also be seen that the machine is sturdy andstrong and that it embodies but few parts, between which there is butlittle'friction, and that therefore it may be operated with the exerciseof but little power.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The herein describedfence building machine consisting essentially of the frame A, comprisingthe uprights having apertures 17 at intervals in their length, and theblocks D interposed between and connected with the uprights and havingthe extended portions d, the twister spools having. trunnions journaledin the apertures 17 of the uprights and also having the passages eandthe peripheral gearteeth f, the vertical shaft stepped at its lower endin the extended portion of thelowermost bloekD and journaled in theextended portions of the other blocks, the worm-screws F fixed on saidshaft and engaging the gear teeth f of the twister spools, the wormscrew F also fixed on the shaft E, and the shaft H jonrnaled in suitablehearings on one of the uprights of the frame and having a pinion at oneend engaging the worm-screw F and hav- [0 ing a crank handle at itsopposite end, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES NEATE. \Vitnesse's:

F. O. BRANDT, J OEL W. GIBSON.

